Things I actually do miss living in Japan

A surprisingly short list.

- Good whole wheat bread.

- Cold medicine/aspirin/cough syrup at the local 7-11/local grocery. Individual kusuriyas are a pain.

- A washing machine with an agitator. Clothes just don't get as clean without. A dryer. Wintertime hanging of the laundry seems to result in only cold, wet clothes.

Everything else, mainly through the magic of the internets, is pretty easily available.

Oh yeah, and the family and friends type stuff too. :)